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Sightings
Witness reports, held as-reported. Each entry keeps its source, its coordinates where the record has them, and its place in the larger pattern.
14,194 entries
April 15, 2017 · 6:09 PM
Elk Grove, CA
Sound of: Possible fighter jet? Location: over Elk Grove Whipped over head really fast, sound trailed for about five seconds. Don't know what direction the vehicle was heading.
April 14, 2017 · 10:20 PM · TRIANGLE
Santa Maria, CA
At approx. 10:20 PM Good Friday, April 14, 2017 Middle Aged Female walking dog alone No Alcohol/Drug use/History Walking on street across from parks/schools towards Highway 101 in Central Coast of California, Santa Maria, relatively dark two street lights ½ mile distance to highway Walking on sidewalk on tree lined side of street, felt raindrop Looked up and noticed clear starry sky, then looked down Then looked up noticing in peripheral left side vision something white/flash/moving Noticed 6-7 “suction cup” white/translucent circles in a pyramid shape on the underside of A wholly black triangular UFO No lights emitting anywhere on the vehicle; top/bottom or sides or out of the white /translucent “suction cups” that appeared to be “landing gear”; their “whiteness” was how I could see the outline of the triangle around the circles It was completely quiet, no “hum” or whir at all and it was a very quiet area with no cars moving, i.e. so that if it WAS emitting sound, I would be able to hear (trained musician) It was NOT that high up in the sky! It appeared to be on a perfect keel trajectory South east to North west as if it was observing the ground below! It was not near a horizon and did not appear to be a “large” ship at all, but a small moveabout I held my sight on the thing moving straight ahead above from me out a quarter mile from me and then straight up in the sky, prob a third of a mile up, if that, held my sight on it for 5 to 8 solid seconds We spoke via telephone with the witness, and she sounded to us to be quite serious-minded. We suspect she is an excellent witness. PD
April 14, 2017 · 9:50 PM · CHANGING
Malibu, CA
It was a warm night in Malibu, California; I was approximately half a mile from the ocean shore and the sky was particularly clear for a Los Angeles night. Around 9:30, a friend and I went outside to hammock. Around 9:50, my friend pointed out a strange "white, but not bright" object in the sky. I looked up to see a large, floating object closer than a plane would fly. As we observed the moving object, a plane flew high above it (it was descending into LAX), meaning the unidentified object was much closer to Earth than we first realized. I would describe the sighting as not a bright white object, but a dull almost brown shape that was changing size in a repetitive pattern. It would twirl and become quite large, but get smaller as it rotated - only to be large again within seconds. I would estimate the size of it to be fifty times the size of a star from the naked human eye on Earth. Also, there seemed to be a red, glowing light from the core of the flying object. I went inside to grab some binoculars, and within three minutes the object had moved to the south east towards Los Angeles and had become much smaller, as if it was flying further away. We continued to watch it, along with a couple of other friends, as it gradually became smaller. All the while, it continued to move in the same pattern. Within several minutes, at around 10:04 pm, the object disappeared from the atmosphere. We witnessed only one object in this whole ordeal.
April 14, 2017 · 2:10 AM · SPHERE
Irvine/Costa Mesa (between), CA
I noticed red flashing orbs side by side, I thought it was a helicopter, but it didn't have a front light. Or shape of a helicopter. It was just hovering a cross freeway coming from north east a cross freeway going southwest. Low altitude, and would pause at times. It continued going on left side of freeway.
April 12, 2017 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Chino, CA
Source of the report elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
April 12, 2017 · 3:40 AM · CIRCLE
Rowland Heights, CA
My friend and I were working the nightshift in a commercial building. Around 3:40 a.m. I went to my car to pick up a tool, when I noticed a red circular object circling the moon. At times, the circular object seemed to turn into a light white-yellowish color. I went inside the building and told my friend to come out to take a look at the strange object. We both took many photos and videos which we still have in our cell phones.
April 12, 2017 · 1:00 AM · CHEVRON
Jenner, CA
saw object out bdrm window. Went outside to look. It took up approx. 1/8 of sky. Had white lights all around periphery similar to Xmas lites on houses. All were "running " lites. moving around perimeter. Was stationary for an hour or more. At one point pinkish steam or smoke arose from upper left corner. Realized this was large, really large. Kind of the shape of Nevada. Very startling. Close to pacific coastline. Observed from point next to beach. In S to SW sky.
April 11, 2017 · 8:40 PM · LIGHT
Clovis, CA
My wife and I were just happen to be looking up in the sky as we were taking our dog for his final "potty break" for the night. While I was looking up, I saw a light of an object traveling at a much faster speed of a typical airplane or any other object that I could identify. The time was 8:40 pm. It was dark and the sky was clear. I was facing east and looking at the moonrise just beneath Jupiter. Out to the southeast, I noticed this object that had a white solid light traveling in a straight path to the northeast direction. The first thing I noticed was that the light was solid and did not flash or flicker like the traditional airplane lights we see in the sky. I quickly brought got the attention of my wife and showed her this moving object and compared it to the much slower-moving airplane lights in the sky to contrast the difference between the object I am describing in this text. Once we identified this particular object as being so different, we continued to follow its path. It was a straight path. At first, and as it was moving overhead, the light seemed to get brighter and larger. My wife described the light to become elongated. The light quickly dimmed as the object continued to travel into the northern direction. As it approached the Northern horizon, there seemed to be a flash of light (kind of light a shooting star), then the object disappeared. The total arc of its pathway that we witnessed was approximately 90 degrees arc and this took about 30 seconds. The light was a constant white light. The speed of this object was much faster than any other planes in the sky. There was no sound with this object. Because it was nighttime, we could not see any vehicle. I could not identify what that object was. I looked up the ISS location and found it to be over South America at the time. As I continued to observe the sky, we saw lots of airplanes, helicopters that night. I even saw what appeared to be a satellite traveling overhead with the usual speeds that I've observed in the past. But nothing was even close to what I just witnessed. My personal background: I am ((deleted--forties)) years old. I am in Healthcare working as a ((deleted)) working in ((specialty deleted)) for the past ((deleted--2 decades)) years. My prior career was in electronics, computers and mechanics. My wife is a homemaker who used to work in ((deleted--medical field)). I am really interested in knowing what this light/object could have been.
April 10, 2017 · 10:00 PM · FORMATION
Calexico, CA
Two different figures with blinking lights in a sort of triangle shape.
April 10, 2017 · 9:15 PM · CIRCLE
Indio, CA
After the meteor/fireball that most of southern California saw tonight, there started to appear orange lights in the sky. They appeared one by one, and then disappeared, sometimes together, and other times separate. They came into formation once or twice. This was almost identical to the Phoenix light sightings, as well as others like it from around the world. I took full video of the event until it stopped. Very interesting. Definitely not flares or anything man made.
April 10, 2017 · 9:06 PM · FIREBALL
Mission Viejo, CA
Was driving down Melinda Rd. A bright light illuminated the road, so I looked up, thinking it was the moon, and wondering how it could be so bright, but the moon was way off, rather it was a giant fireball of the whitest light shooting straight down and flashing on its descent.
April 10, 2017 · 9:00 PM · LIGHT
Brawley, CA
Noticed a line of 4 orange diagonal lines of lights and to the right 2 of the same direction towards the Northern East of Brawley, CA. Source of the report elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
April 10, 2017 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Whittier, CA
Possible meteor, we wonder?? PD
April 10, 2017 · 8:45 PM · FIREBALL
Pacific Beach, CA
Driving south on I-5 through San Diego; Pale green light flash in the sky, reminiscent of lighting, looked above the dashboard to see a greenish light shape about 200 yards diagonally above us in the sky. The shape immediately broke apart in an elongated path and you could literally see flames shooting downwards, where is disappeared towards the hills to our right.
April 10, 2017 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
San Marcos, CA
I was standing outside discussing a car accident with my neighbor. Many neighbors were outside. I was facing west, the sun had just set, and the sky lit up green/blue for a few seconds. With the source over by the coast in what looked to be the Carlsbad and Oceanside Area. Was over very suddenly. Possible green meteor, we wonder? We spoke via telephone with the witness, and she sounded to us to be quite sober-minded. PD
April 10, 2017 · 12:00 AM · FORMATION
Chiraco Summit, CA
I had recently been with a friend who was watching the usual cheesy UFO videos on U-TUBE when we came across some footage from April 10 of 2017 (you-tube search: UFO Parker Arizona). It showed a double formation of orange(ish) lights near Parker, Arizona. The event had also been videotaped separately near El Central CA on the same evening. I was camping near Chiraco Summit, CA, (I-10 near Joshua Tree) on that night and saw a blue fireball move toward San Diego from my position. This fireball was also discussed by the video observer and apparently some TV news organizations. Some minutes later, I observed two formations of amber lights moving from the vicinity of El Central, moving N and slightly E. From my position looking East, they would have crossed the Chocolate Mountains (I-10) between Desert Center and Blythe, CA, and were pretty much headed right to where they were videotaped at Parker, AZ. I see on your website (California sightings) from April 10th, 2017, (a busy day) that at least one report came in from Calexico regarding this formation and another from San Marcos, CA, describing the blue fireball seen just prior to the formations coming into view. Just wanted to give any interested folks a "head’s up" that this particular footage on the website is very probably the real deal. I do not endorse or know anything about the objectivity of the UFO site(s) where the footage is shown!
April 9, 2017 · 5:15 PM · CYLINDER
Elk Grove, CA
At 7:15 to 7:45 pm pst on April 9, 2017, observed one dark colored object in northern sky in Elk Grove/ Sacramento, Ca, area below cloud cover maintaining a stationary position. The object was dark grey in color, cylinder shaped, flat bottom and cone top with flat top. Stayed in the 2 O'Clock position for 30 minutes then began moving very slowly to the west. After it moved behind several tall trees blocking our vision, it never came into sight again, and at sunset, nothing more could be seen.
April 8, 2017 · 8:30 PM · FIREBALL
Sacramento, CA
We were on our back porch and in the sky were three red orbs, with no streaks or tails, traveling slowly from East to West. They did not blink, nor was there any sound. They each slowly faded out and once they were gone there was what appeared to be a parachute that drifted in the westerly direction, until it was out of sight. Source of the report elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
April 7, 2017 · 7:16 PM · LIGHT
Paso Robles, CA
I was driving home, was dark and stormy out. I looked out to the right of my car, above the mountain range where I noticed 3 bright orange lights hovering. They almost looked like fireballs. They moved slightly back and forth then another object appeared, the same bright glowing orange. It swooped around a bit as the others hovered. It then split into two forming another glowing flying object. They flew around in a random pattern not leaving that specific area. Two more bright orange lights appeared right above them and hovered for a couple of minutes. One of the lower objects disappeared leaving six bright glowing flying objects. I pulled my car over to take a picture and then they were gone. It was a truly strange experience, it was not normal and definitely not something that anyone would see everyday. I do believe whole heartedly that I truly saw a UFO.
April 6, 2017 · 9:50 PM · LIGHT
Corona, CA
Again, on a different night, on my way home from work, I was on the 15 south freeway (just changed over from 91 west to 15 south ramp) before getting to the Magnolia, or El Cerrito, exit, I saw what looked like a falling star maybe? But again, it looked like a comet like the last time reported. Falling in the sky, shooting downwards like a comet, white bright light, and with a tail, then fades into darkness. I saw it on the upper Eastern - Southern part of my front driver's side window. Source of the report elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
April 6, 2017 · 7:00 PM · DISK
Valley Center, CA
Red disk object with the middle being translucent.
April 6, 2017 · 11:55 AM · CIRCLE
Anaheim, CA
I was on my way to my car with a co-worker, when I noticed 4 small white objects in the sky. I took my sunglasses off and could not see them without my sunglasses on and actually handed my sunglasses to my co-worker so he could see them. Once he saw them, we watched them circle each other and move around the sky randomly, almost as if they were playing with one another. I noticed that a helicopter was flying nearby and these objects were much higher in the sky than an helicopter. As we watched, we noticed that at one point all of them turned and the sun hit the objects creating 4 bright small circular objects in the sky. We continued to watch them for about 4-5 minutes until they flew off into the distance away from the Orange County airport heading south about 20 miles inland from the coast. The way these objects were flying, was almost as if they were birds playing in the sky, darting in and out and up and down and circling one another... not at all h! ow commercial planes or helicopters would fly. All 4 objects were the same size, they were white and when the sun hit them as they moved it shined a large glare off the objects.
April 6, 2017 · 1:00 AM · FIREBALL
La Mirada, CA
At about 1am (PST), I saw a slow moving orb moving over Orange County, California. I thought it was strange how slow and high it was. I went to get my camera, and saw two big bright white lights drop from the sky. I took pictures of it, and saw it drop 2 more "red orbs" 1 orb then the 2nd orb, in formation. It flew a little further and dropped 2 more orbs in formation flew a little more and dropped two more. I got a video of it but my hands were shaking and you can't just see the big orb flying I tried to zoom in when it dropped two more. After that it just kind of turned off and disappeared. There was no noise and it was flying towards LAX from Orange County, CA.
April 4, 2017 · 10:37 PM · TRIANGLE
Fresno, CA
At first I thought it was a pigeon, gliding, but it didn't flap its wing, plus it was goin way to fast. Finally, I realized what I was looking at and chills were sent up my spine at that moment. I tried keeping my eyes on it but it disappeared as soon as it was over downtown Fresno.